Posted in Feminism, Gender, tagged Feminism, Gender on April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
At the inter-generational feminist panel at the New School last week, Deborah Siegel mentioned her “click” moment—that moment when she realized that the personal and political struggles she faced were not hers alone but were experienced by many women.
This got me thinking: what was my “click” moment? When did it happen? I began to label [...]
Posted in Sexuality, United States, tagged ENDA on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Long and short of it from NPR’s story:
“The Justice Department’s inspector general is investigating whether a career attorney in the department was dismissed from her job because of rumors that she is a lesbian. The case grew out of a larger inquiry into the firings of U.S. attorneys and politicization at Justice under former Attorney [...]
Posted in Hostile Amendments, New York, RHPPA, Reproductive Rights, tagged Judicial Permission, Judicial Review, RHPPA on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
The risk of trying to pass a completely reasonable, up-to-date abortion law through the New York senate (or any senate) is that hostile lawmakers will get their hands on the law and castrate it. This castration will come in the guise of “hostile amendments.” In the case of a pro-choice law such as RHPPA, these [...]
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